Warming up for Comic-Con, concert two of NWEAMO’s (New West Electronic Arts & Music Organization) annual cross-genre music festival, will feature works by noted Hollywood feature film & video game composers, plus works inspired by fantasy D&D-type genres in film, video and rave subcultures.

Entitled “Magic in the Skyline” the concert will take place on the breathtaking eighth floor atrium of the new San Diego central public library. The 8th floor comprises the Helen Price Reading Room, which offers library visitors a stunning view of the bay and Coronado through 40 foot windows.

The works will be performed by San Diego’s hot new, gen Z infused choir Folklore Guild, accompanied by virtuoso crossover ensemble SWARMIUS.

In addition, throughout the day prior to the concert, there will be a reality altering immersive sonic installation entitled Imaginary Acoustics in the 9th floor Shiley Auditorium, by newly minted UCSD PhD electronic wizard Dr. Centurious (Chris Warren). (see below)*

Folklore Guild http://www.folkloreguild.org/ , the divine inspiration of Merlin (Angel Mannion), operates from the insight that the pathway to great classical music today is through the enchanted valleys and mountains of fantasy role-playing video games such as Dragon Age and magical film epics such as Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter. Through this lens a compelling aesthetic is emerging that accepts and celebrates this as normative and transformative – not a dumbing down but a luminous and enticing gateway to higher pastures. And as a source in itself of emerging value systems and places where relevant and groundbreaking conversations are fermenting and emerging.

This fits in perfectly with NWEAMO’s trajectory, which has always been about recognizing and cultivating the unique cultural voice of San Diego, neither the fast-paced cool of Los Angeles nor the urban chic of NYC, but a vivid, robust Mecca: the land of surfing, beaches, Comic-Con, the subtly subversive, sub-radar and deeply pro-actively mischievous Dr. Seuss, on the border of Mexico and gateway to the Pacific Rim, land of Harry Partch & near perfect weather. Whatever that means culturally is what NWEAMO aims to explore.

Magic In The Skyline will feature World Premiere Choral and Instrumental Pieces by:Jon Kull (A-list Hollywood Film Orchestrator of The Hunger Games, Avatar, Bourne Legacy, Maleficent, I am Legend & hundreds of others)

* Imaginary AcousticsNote from Dr. Centurious: “In 2013, I first visited theIntegratron, Southern California’s local intergalactic spaceport and time travel research center, located deep in the Mojave desert. Its parabolic dome, said to be based on the design of Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla, and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials, undermines the perceptual underpinnings of acoustics by making sounds seem to approach the listener from unexpected angles. I had just spent several years making acoustic measurements of unusual spaces forEchoThief, but this was a whole new magnitude of strange. As a result, I began to imagine truly impossible acoustic spaces—ones where sounds might dissipate but then reform, approach from surprising directions, or transform into absurdly long drones. Imaginary Acoustics is my realization of this strange dream, a space where the laws of physics are no longer valid, a sonic hall of funhouse mirrors.”

Founded and directed by maverick San Diego composer Jozefius Rattus (earthling name Joe Waters), NWEAMO has mounted its annual eclectic, genre bending festival since 1998.